▪ I. pennite Min.
(ˈpɛnaɪt)
[Named by Hermann, 1849, from Pennsylvania, where found: see -ite1.]
A greenish variety of Hydrodolomite (see hydro-), containing nickel.
| 1850 Amer. Jrnl. Sc. Ser. ii. IX. 217 Hermann has made a new mineral which he calls Pennite. 1868 Dana Min. (ed. 5) 708 Pennite of Hermann, from Texas, Pa., is in apple-green to whitish crusts. |
▪ II. pennite
obs. form of pennet.